For Miroslav Verner it
was a once-in-a-lifetime
experience-after 38 years
of study he had found an
intact mummy whose name
and station in life he could
determine. "It was a big sur
prise," he said. "I could not
sleep at all the night before
opening the sarcophagus."
Iufaa's grave promises a
wealth of new knowledge
about ancient Egyptian
religion. Hundreds of arti
facts have been found intact
and in place, just as they
were left when the tomb was
sealed. Exquisitely preserved
inscriptions and reliefs cover
the burial chamber walls.
These discoveries represent a
priceless record of the period
when ancient Egypt's centu
ries of military might and
cultural glory were drawing
slowly to a close.
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